My new K20
 

Finally, I have found a 1970 K20 that is worth the investment. I bought it from my new boss actually. Any of you that follow my activity on here will know who that is.

I am super excited to have it and have many plans for it moving forward. The first will be to undo some of the things that the PO's have done in the past like the add on washers for the wipers, the trailer brake controller and a few other things. I want to get some wider stock style wheels and some bigger more aggressive tires. Not to fat but a tall skinny tire with aggressive tread.

I have always wanted a nice K20 but being from Michigan, they are rare to find in good condition as many were used as plow rigs. I had to sell my 72 Cheyenne to get this and I will miss that nice old truck but time to move on with something new.

I will try and post up some photos as improvements happen. Very busy with gauge cluster builds now as well.

Take care,
Tom

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Very nice truck!

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Awesome score!!!

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Nice Tom, I know you hate to see the other one go. But that is a good replacement there!

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happy for you man! that is a nice sled

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wow, be-a-u-tiful. congrats!

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That a really nice looking truck there. You should be very happy.

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Very nice! I like it.

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Thanks guys,

I appreciate the nice comments. I am really going to enjoy owning this truck.

Take care,
Tom

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Wow Tom that's a fantastic truck. Glad it has a good home. Welcome to the club!!

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That means a lot coming from you Pete and I will enjoy the club and sure I will pick your brain on a few things. Your K20 build really got my juices flowing to get a K20. I have always wanted one but you had some inspiration for me.

Funny thing it is a very basic truck and I can name every item on the SPID by memory.

gauges, amp, oil, temp
350 cubic inch engine
4speed trans
Heavy duty springs
526 medium gold

Take care,
Tom

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Very nice- congrats

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Congrats Tom, it's awesome looking already!! Enjoy it.

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Super nice truck Tom :metal:

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Nice clean truck!

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My favorite color with what I believe to be a 70 only interior color. Excellent!
I'm jealouse. Enjoy that awesome ride.

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Sweet ride! Congrats!

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Great looking truck. Good luck with it!

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Welcome to the world of K/20s and K2500s! I love it. I noticed you are now in Oregon, but don't follow your activity and don't know who your boss is. I live the Medium Gold Poly and it has been a strong consideration for my '72 when I do the body (never say till the day you order paint). Of the dozen or more K/20s I've owned I have had the most basic to full-tilt bells & whistle Cheyenne Super Custom Campers... rare to common, and I've loved them all. Your boss had that one in righteous condition and all but original, yet. Good on him and good on you for seeing it as a great truck as it sits.

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Super nice truck.
Put some black headlight bezels on your list of things to do.
(it's a pet peeve of mine on the 69-70 trucks)

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Congrats. That thing is nice! Is that one of those add on door step thing on the pass side?

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Wow, that is a beautiful truck right there! Really happy for you and what a score. :two: How did you pry it out of the bosses hands?

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That's a good looking truck Tom.

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Thank you gentlemen. Yes that is one of those step add on's on the passenger side, soon to be removed.

I am looking forward to doing some work on it.
Take care and have a good holiday to all of you,

Tom

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Congrats on the new purchase Tom!!!
Gotta love the K-Series pickups

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Thank you Mike,

I am following your build thread on your K-10 and it is looking very nice. You and the boy's are doing fantastic work there. Now I have something worthy of my own cluster build ;) and many other up grades.

Take care,
Tom

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Nice truck Tom! I really like the color.

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Great looking truck.

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Sweet Tom, Congrats!!!

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What a gorgeous truck! Great color too. Not one you see everyday. I like your plans for it.

Congrats!

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awesome truck. welcome to the 3/4 ton group. pretty sure you're gonna love it. I've had 3/4 tons all my life, and miss all of them. The wife says one has to go in order to buy another now, so I'm working on my K2500 to make it mine also

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Very nice truck Tom.

Looks like it is in great shape.

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Thanks again guys for the nice comments. I feel lucky to have one in this condition. I cannot wait to do so work on it and "make it mine" as they say.

Looking for ideas on tires. I know I want to stick with the steels but a little wider than these. I want a taller not to wide aggressive tread tire. Something like a 33/10.5/ R16. I will absolutely put a set of springs in the front. I want the front just a touch higher than the back. Of course keeping the stock style caps.

I will be buying a set of either blue or yellow dials, as that is also one of my K20 requirements. I will also be painting the headlight bezels black as suggested by Keith. I completely agree ;)

No big drastic changes in mind, I just want to improve on the clean truck it is and get the gadgets removed.

I will post photos when I make changes.

Hope you all have a good holiday weekend,
Tom

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Hey Tom; great looking truck, there's always fun stuff to do on these old trucks. I can't wait to get back to Michigan so I can get back on my shortbed.

You do a nice job on the gauges.

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Tom - not sure this matters or not but IIRC in 1970 GM was using red hub dials in some 4wd applications. Not sure if K20 pickups used red dials but I believe K20 suburbans did.

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Great looking truck. Very nice

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very nice truck, welcome to the club:chevy:

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ok, don't everyone pounce on me at once. I have only had my truck for about a year. What is the difference between a C10 and K10? They look pretty close.

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C is two-wheel drive, C10, C20. K is four-wheel drive, K10, K20.

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Hi Pete,

I am going to do some research on that. My thought was the red dials were for the Ford's. It would be very nice if the red dials were a 1970 only deal with limited use ;)

I do love the style of the original Spicer hubs and if I had to choose between red Spicers or Warn, I would go with the red dials. In my experience from growing up in Mich, the Spicer factory hubs worked just fine as long as you kept them maintained.

Have a good holiday,
Tom